Stuck Page #2

Synopsis: Brandi is a hard-partying, overworked, nursing assistant desperate for a promotion at the retirement home where she works. After a night of drug-binging and partying, she accidentally hits a certain Thomas Bardo a deadbeat and recently evicted man who gets stuck in the windshield of her car. Not wanting to call for help since she is driving under the influence, Brandi, chooses not to get Thomas medical help and instead drives home and leaves him clinging to his life in the windshield of her car. While Brandi frantically tries to decide what she is going to do, Thomas, tries to free himself knowing his time is running out.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Stuart Gordon
Production: ThinkFilm
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
R
Year:
2007
85 min
272 Views


- I'll see you later.

- Yeah.

I will see you.

Okay.

You have a good time.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Hey, how you doing?

Everything all right?

Excuse me, baby.

I need to talk to your guy. Yeah.

Listen, where's my money? My money?

Rashid! Over here.

You better make sure you're easy to find.

Look at you.

Hello.

Hey, Tanya. How are you doing?

I could be doing a lot better.

That's what I'm here for.

I think I'm gonna be doing a lot better

in a little while.

Baby, open wide and trust me.

Park's closed.

- You can't sleep here.

- Yeah.

There's nobody around here.

I'm not doing anybody any harm.

- Try the Mission.

- The Mission?

On Hope Street.

Hope Street? But that's far.

That's right. Come on.

Either that or I take you in,

your choice.

Hey, don't forget your cart.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- You want to ride with me?

- No.

This cold air is waking me up.

Let's just get back to my place.

- You got anything to drink at your place?

- Mmm...

I got a couple of beers.

I'm gonna stop

and pick something up. Okay?

All right.

Come on, start.

Hey!

- BRANDl:
Sorry!

- Hey, what's your problem?

Oh, baby.

Sh*t.

Should have let him take me in.

Be some place to f***ing stay.

- Hello?

- Hi, it's Brandi.

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, you're going to the store, right?

Yeah.

Can you pick up some snacks,

some chips or something?

I've really got the munchies.

Honey? Honey?

Hello?

Goddamn phone.

Hey! Hey, look. That car. That car.

I know that guy. I do. He's stuck on the car.

The guy was stuck like a goddamn bug.

Calm down right now

and keep those hands above your head.

You didn't even look.

F***.

Help...

Help me, please.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- Help.

It wasrt my fault. You should have

watched where you were going.

Please help me.

I'm hurt. I'm hurt bad. Please.

- Please.

- I gotta go.

- Please.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I will. I will. I'll get help.

I'll be right back.

- Hey, baby.

- Honey.

Whoa, baby, what's wrong? What's wrong?

Honey.

I was in an accident.

An accident? You okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay.

But I haven't even told you yet.

I was waiting for later,

but I've been offered a new job,

an NA Captain job.

It's a big promotion. It's a lot more money.

And now this happens,

and it wasrt even my fault.

Okay, okay, okay. Wait a minute.

Just sit down, all right?

I think you really need a drink.

Here.

All right, don't look at it. Drink it.

Baby, what the f***?

How bad was the accident?

I hit someone.

Oh, sh*t.

But it wasrt my fault.

Baby, it wasrt my fault.

He wasrt watching.

All right, whoa.

Slow down. Slow down. All right.

Just relax.

Have another.

There you go.

Okay, so you hit somebody. Bad?

- Yeah, bad.

- Anybody see?

- See?

- Was anybody around? Any witnesses?

No. No.

- You're sure?

- Yeah, I'm sure.

You get a look at him?

Uh...

He was a bum.

- He was a bum, a street person.

- A street person?

Yeah, he was pushing one of those things...

What? A can't? He was pushing a can't?

Yeah.

- Baby, you got nothing to worry about.

- I don't?

No. Not at all. You hit a bum.

Nobody saw. Nobody gonna give a sh*t.

- You think?

- Look, I know.

I've done a lot worse than that.

- A hell of a lot worse.

- You have?

Sh*t, I've done wasted a**holes

in broad daylight and walked away from it.

It's no big deal.

Now, you were able

to drive away okay, right?

Yeah.

Sh*t, then you've got

nothing to worry about.

Nothing at all.

Baby, look,

you just need to relax. All right?

Open wide.

There we go.

You trust me, right?

There we go.

Let me take care of you, okay?

Cops try to pretend like they're everywhere.

Always watching.

Big bad eye in the sky.

Truth is

anybody can do anything to anyone

and get away with it.

I mean anything.

I mean, f***,

look who's in the White House right now.

You've got nothing to worry about.

Anybody gives you any trouble,

you just tell me.

Any trouble you've got ends with me.

All right? Come here.

Oh, yeah, baby! F***, yeah!

Help me.

F***, yeah!

So you can help me, right?

Huh? Help you with what?

With this accident.

If I have any trouble with this accident.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, baby. No worries.

Whatever you need.

In other local news, a man

was struck by a speeding car late last night

while crossing the street.

Witnesses report that the driver of the car

did not stop after hitting the man.

Police are looking for a white male

in his early 20s

driving a red, late-model SUV.

The accident occurred around midnight

at the corner

of Atwells Avenue and Lynch Street.

The unidentified pedestrian

is in County Hospital in critical condition.

This is WJFS.

News you need when you need to know.

Princess.

- Morning.

- Good morning.

No.

Help.

Help's coming. I called.

- Don't worry.

- Help.

I called. Help's coming.

I'll be right back.

You have reached St. Alphonso's Hospital.

If you have a medical emergency,

please hang up and call 911 now.

For instructions in English, press one.

Please select now

from one of the following six options.

For emergency room services, press one.

For patient information and directions,

press two.

For pharmacy, press three.

For ability to pay, A-P-P, O-R-S-A,

and billing inquiries, press four.

For human resources, press five.

For appointments, press six.

To repeat this message,

press the pound key.

Information. What city, please?

Providence. Coastal Cab.

That your car?

Yes.

Sounds like the alarm's screwing up.

Want me to take a look at it?

I used to install those things.

No. Thanks. Can you wait?

Your nickel.

Car alarms, useless crap.

Stop it!

Help's coming. I told you!

You have to stop this.

Will you stop it?

I said stop it!

- You fix it?

- Huh?

- Car alarm?

- Oh, yes. Yes.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine. Why?

Well, you look...

Look, I can take a look at it if you like?

No, no, no, no.

No, I'm late. For work. Come on.

So, where do you work again?

Mr. Binckley.

Come on. I got you.

- Where's Brandi?

- I'm right here. I'm Brandi.

- I want Brandi.

- I'm right here.

Do we have to go potty?

- Brandi?

Brandi.

Gloria will take Mr. Binckley.

- But...

- I'd like to talk to you.

Brandi?

Brandi is busy. Do we have to go poo-poo?

Walk with me.

- This just won't do.

- I'm sorry?

You know I'd like to promote you.

- I'd like to give you more responsibilities.

I want Brandi!

Yes, of course,

and I look forward to it.

I really do, Mrs. Petersen.

I'm grateful for it.

- Then this just won't do, will it?

- I'm sorry.

I can't have my NA captain coming in late,

even on the weekends. It just won't do.

- I agree. I agree.

- You agree?

- Yes.

- But you were almost an hour late.

Well, because of my car. Um...

- I'm having problems with my car.

- Your car?

Yeah, it's been acting up lately

and I had to take a cab.

- I'm really not near any bus stops.

- You could have called.

If you want more responsibilities,

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